Life in Boston, our favorite neighborhoods, daily life, walks in the city…
Before a movie, in France we see a character called Jean Mineur (Jean the coal miner) with a small ice ax he’s flying over a train rail towards a theater, and finally hit a target. End of the
We had to live the last week of March as ‘Cheap Bastards’. We spent carelessly our money by going out: restaurants, bars and so on… In fact, I don’t really know how or why, but
As I read on the presentation of the museum, the John F. Kennedy Library & Museum is a memorial for the 35e President of the United States. Conceived by the designer Pei (he also made the Louvre Pyramid
I’m sometimes wondering what do I miss from France. I know it’s 100% cliché but what I really miss is eating good bread. And especially a baguette: nice crust, fresh breadcrumbs. We’ve been there for
Some of you asked me* if we have been to the theater since we arrived. We did! We took some time, but we did last Friday. I meditated for a long time reading the reviews
Boston is not far away from the famous Cape Cod. But we more modestly decided to go north, to Cape Ann. Friends told us that was “nature”, and we really needed to see the sea and some countryside. Pourquoi pas ?! Why not. We booked a Zipcar.
We went to an Italian restaurant close to our place: Carlo’s. Well, it wasn’t a success. When Italy meets America, it can be huge… We asked for “doggy bags” at the end of the dinner, but
Last week, I was invited for dinner at my yoga teacher’s apartment. Obviously, it was a big deal for me: this was my first “girl’s night out” since I moved to Boston. I was so excited about it! Of course my first concern
We went to a bluegrass concert last night at the Berklee Performance Center: Carolina Chocolate Drops. I had never heard of this kind of music or this band. But I saw the movie O’Brother and I like
Some stuff we did during the winter in Boston.
My knowledge of the history of the United States looks like Frankenstein’s head: a strange mix. How’s that? Maybe I’ve been watching too much movies, and they slowly shaped my mind: Dances with Wolves, westerns movies, The Godfather, Good Morning Vietnam, Sex
We tried the famous pastry in the North End, Mike’s Pastry. When Italy meets America, it makes these hybrid pastries…